Its story

HIP 38165 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38165: right ascension 7h 49m 14s, declination −40° 42′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 38165. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38165, HD 63868, Gaia DR3 5537475603593168256. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.